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Podcast Look at 2022 Excess Mortality
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Podcast Look at 2022 Excess Mortality

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In this episode, I talk through my most recent post on 2022 U.S. mortality by adult age groups, split out into three major groupings (seniors, middle-aged, young adults). Links below.

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Preliminary look at 2022 U.S. Total Mortality - Continuing Excess Mortality
Rather than continue to wait for the CDC to get the finalized database for 2021 up in CDC WONDER, I’m moving on with 2022 U.S. mortality, because I am starting to see the “post-COVID” pattern, and I am not liking it. I am just looking at patterns in this post, not causes, and not digging into fine detail. This is just setting out the lay of the land…
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Full Population

The 2022-only graph for the whole population (including kids, but they barely add to the rate):

The full graph going back to 2020:

All the graphs are in that post, but let me provide the 2022-only graphs for each of the age groups:

Seniors

Middle-Aged

Young Adults

2020-2021 by Cause of Death Analysis

Children — Age 1-17: Childhood Mortality Trends, 1999-2021 (provisional), Ages 1-17 Revisited: Teen Mortality Increased 30% 2019 to 2021

Young Adults — Age 18-39: approximately the Millennials in 2020-2021 Part 1 and Part 2, plus the podcast

Middle Agers — Age 40-59: approximately Gen X – Middle-aged Massacre (too!): Increase in Mortality for Ages 40-59 in the U.S. for 2020-2021 Mainly Driven By COVID

Young Seniors — Age 60-79: approximately Boomers – Baby Boomer Mortality Experience: Welcome to Old Age! 2020-2021 U.S. Mortality Increase for Ages 60-79 was Mostly COVID

Old Seniors — Age 80+: mainly Silent Generation (as older generations are mostly dead at this point) – Silent Generation Has Odd 2021: COVID Over 100% of 2021 Mortality Increase Compared to 2019 in the U.S. for those over age 85

Earlier overview of 2020-2021 mortality in video — May 2022: U.S. Mortality Trends Through the Pandemic

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STUMP - Death and Taxes
Meep (Mary Pat Campbell) talks about mortality trends and/or public finance issues, usually with a connection to current events.